WO2015179214A3 - Large-scale space-based solar power station: power transmission using steerable beams - Google Patents

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WO2015179214A3
WO2015179214A3 PCT/US2015/030909 US2015030909W WO2015179214A3 WO 2015179214 A3 WO2015179214 A3 WO 2015179214A3 US 2015030909 W US2015030909 W US 2015030909W WO 2015179214 A3 WO2015179214 A3 WO 2015179214A3
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Harry A. Atwater
Sergio Pellegrino
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Abstract

A space-based solar power station, a power generating satellite module and/or a method for collecting solar radiation and transmitting power generated using electrical current produced therefrom is provided. Power transmitters can be coordinated as a phased array and the power generated by the phased array is transmitted to one or more power receivers to achieve remote wireless power generation and delivery. In many embodiments, a reference signal is distributed within the space-based solar power station to coordinate the phased array. In several embodiments, determinations of the relative locations of the antennas in the array are utilized to evaluate the phase shift and/or amplitude modulation to apply the reference signal at each power transmitter.
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